J.B. Moore, Early Hip-Hop Producer & Former Billboard Staffer, Dies at 81
Though not well-known today, Moore was instrumental in hip-hop’s early mainstream success in the late 1970s and early 1980s, ...
J.B. Moore, Producer of Seminal Hip-Hop Records, Dies at 81
He was a magazine ad salesman when he and a colleague, Robert Ford, teamed with Kurtis Blow and helped break rap music into ...
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Amplifying Hip-Hop’s Revolutionary Spirit at BAM
The 2025 edition, titled Power to the Poets, will highlight the enduring legacy of hip-hop as a force for truth, resistance ...
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Hip Hop and Helicopters: Memorable sets and takeaways from Rolling Loud 2025
Outside of Los Angeles’ Hollywood Park Grounds on March 15, 2025, hordes of colorfully-dressed teenagers and young adults ran ...
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Zell Miller III Named Austin’s First Poet Laureate
Austin has now joined the ranks of Texas cities who have a designated poet laureate.
World Poetry Day | Poetry Is Not A Luxury
Why read poetry? Why stand still and tune into poetry’s cadences in a madly spinning world? Because poetry, as the wise Irish ...
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Dash Reimer brings the heartbeat of language to Humboldt
Saskatchewan wordsmith Dash Reimer paid a visit to Humboldt with a couple of projects organized by the Humboldt and District ...
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Dujie Tahat merges politics and poetry as Seattle’s newest Civic Poet
Do you ever think about how poetry’s is relevant to politics? Dujie Tahat does. Tahat is Seattle’s new Civic Poet for the ...
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COLUMN: Masaki Takahashi is doing something different
Since getting into poetry as a teenager, Masaki Takahashi has been performing with a style that bridges the gap between ...
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Saba and No ID deliver one of 2025’s best albums
Chicago rapper and Pivot Gang leader Saba and Grammy Award-winning super-producer No ID release a powerhouse joint album.